they're nothing, ashleigh. and they're taking over huge, $500 million tankers. an admiral and a couple of ships. i would wipe them out of the sea so fast. >> reporter: he says this country's biggest problem is other countries, like china, saudi arabia, and north korea. and how they affect our economy. >> it's very interesting. while we spend billions of dollars a week on being the policeman for the world, china's spending billions of dollars a day on taking over the world economically. that's not a good formula for us. >> reporter: and to that controversial question, does he believe the president was born in the usa? >> everybody that even gives any hint of being a birther, a word you didn't use. even a little bit of a hint like, you know, maybe. just maybe, this much of a chance. they label them as an idiot. let me tell you, i'm a really smart guy. i was a really good student at the best school in the country. the reason i have a little doubt, just a little, is because he grew up and nobody knew him. when you interview people -- if i got the nomination, if i de

. >> donald trump, interviewed by ashleigh banfield. mark, you once said that haley barbour would be the anti-obama. what would donald trump be? >> the candidate for people who say "we are rich as hell and not going to take it anymore." his private plane, with his private hair -- [laughter] i am dying for him to run. the first corn roast in des moines, i want him to be there. >> what about haley barbour? >> he has got to be in it to have some impact on the nominee. his stance is up becoming -- his chance of becoming president of united states are as good as my 15-pound dog. >> never say never. >> a pretty studied eye -- he sees as his principal challenger mitch daniels of indiana, somebody could he respects and who has walked the walk and talked the talk. >> daniels, santorum, a gingrich, huckabee, palin. >> of the people well known, starting with romney, who, if it were not for romneycare would be the presumptive nominee -- all of them have a lot of baggage. republicans have eight strong, young bench for 2060 -- for 2016. paul ryan, ma

ashleigh banfield went to rhode island for an exclusive interview.y, in just watching him, listening to him and the whole town, your heart just breaks. >> reporter: i've been in a lot of courtrooms. this is as bad as they get. as grisly as they get. a 5-year-old boy, stabbed to death by the 16-year-old who lived across the street. a teenager who did unspeakable things to his body and held that body for seven years in the house. and all the while, keeping a journal. but he confessed. and now, is getting out. and there may be nothing anyone can do to stop it. >> you know, it was terrible the way he was killed. my head is hurting from it. my heart's hurting from it. all the people in this community are hurting from it, as well. >> reporter: it's been 36 years since john foreman last saw his 5-year-old son, jason. the little boy was abducted in front of his kingston, rhode island home, by the teenager who lived across the street. and it was unsolved for years. until that teenager, confessed. >> when i saw the coroner's car, i knew why it was there. it ju

. >>> before we go upstairs, we're going to bring in ashleigh banfield.earing the same colors. >> we do the same for you. demi lovato. we have not heard from her since she stepped out of the spotlight. but she has a very special message. and the manner in which she wanted to get her message across, too. >> reporter: wow, she is a big deal with her teenage fans. and she's taking to social media to launch an all-out mea culpa for everything going on the last four months. and she may be joining a new trend for celebrities in trouble. that is, avoid the press and control your own message. >> hey, guys. it's me, demi. >> reporter: just 19 years old. and it seems demi lovato is well-schooled in the art of the message. >> i read all of the tweets. the topics. the fan mail. and your support is what got me through this. i couldn't be more thankful for everything you guys sent me. >> reporter: it's out in an all-out apology. but it may have her coming to a comeback. the future of her disney show is still in question, after a fight in october, with a backup dancer o

energy resources as for us we don't build nuclear power stations in seismic zones they do but it ashleigh that believe in such projects as glenn not to help predict earthquakes more accurately. what typical troll get of the robot of such technologies being worked on but so far it's not available are gone a system inherits most of the features from g.p.s. g.p.s. is used with secondary support from satellites and the information about the defamations of the service is recorded so far though it is hard to use the prediction as through it when you ask me i think the work together with your colleagues from abroad to put fresh events was it begins with japan or one of will of what we had a joint russia japan project but it was rather long ago in the one nine hundred ninety s. we began to monitor japan we managed to detect some precursors then as head of the center tasked with coordinating the work in the country we are not entitled to forecast earthquakes abroad we have a lot of work domestically. i think about it thank you for it fine. sports is political in ways we don't often even notice esp

and eventually we decided to refresh the middle ashleigh because i've noticed with the. there's a little bit of we do have more young people to prepare the next generation bride to him more young people. of this also back in two thousand and ten i wrote told gov sas them to put two or three local english residents on their staff but if you want to do so now we have more than fifty young specialists working in a regional administrations all over the russian federation. you know so until three years we expect them to maybe come to our republic and they will come as experienced workers out of the gutter. there is good news with according to all the reports industrial production public has risen by ten or even twenty percent which industries are developing. you know. frankly we have no big industrial enterprises almost none of it and we decided not to purchased ecology from outside instead we use our local designers for we are now good at developing break production also quarrymen and food production which although we don't have big factories or only small companies. it was

ashleigh banfield has the latest. >> reporter: down to the wire now.ath penalty trial just three months away. she's being tried on first-degree murder charges for her own daughter. and her own words are coming back to haunt her. but maybe not for long. countdown to justice. and casey anthony's lawyers are pulling out all the stops. they're trying to get damaging statements made to police, her family and friends, thrown out of court. in short, they're trying to save her life. and it's taking its toll. >> you love your daughter more than anything in the world? >> yes. >> and you would do anything to protect her? >> yes. >> she is your baby. >> reporter: casey's lawyers are trying to prove that her family was so desperate to find little caylee, they hired a lawyer and was off-limits to cops. a surprise witness on the stand. >> i'm her brother. >> reporter: lee anthony, who hadn't spoken publicly for years. >> did they encourage you to ask your sister questions so they could get information? >> it occurred to me to ask my sister questions. with the line of

ashleigh banfield looks at what this means for the singer.ter: i hope this isn't going to be the big slide. but she's probably nursing one heck of a public relations hangover this morning. just sensational news. her arrest splashed all over the tabloid press. and it's really just the latest in a series of headlines that the remarkable singer would probably rather forget. ♪ i am beautiful no matter what they say ♪ >> reporter: she has the voice of an angel. but her actions are bedeviling. >> she was incapacitated. she was cooperative. she was not belligerent in any way whatsoever. she was just intoxicated. >> reporter: early tuesday morning, christina aguilera and her boyfriend, matthew ruttler, were pulled over in west hollywood for suspected dui. police say she was drunk in the passenger seat. and couldn't remember where she lived. she was jailed until she sobered up. ruttler was booked and released tuesday morning. aguilera was freed earlier, but not charged with any crime. in the last year, aguilera's headlines have been less about her voi

he spoke to ashleigh banfield from his private jet about his possible run for the president si.e said he would spend $600 million of his own money to run. >> you would put up $600 million for this? >> absolutely. >> do you have it to spare? >> much more than that. >> part of the beauty of me is that i'm very rich. >> jimmy: well, yeah, that's right. it's part of his beauty. [ applause ] the other part being his modesty. trump's starting in on president obama. he's one of these guys that questions whether the president was born in this country. he says his birthplace is suspect because no one seems to remember him from when he was young. trump said if you interview me, people from my elementary school, they'll remember me. which, yeah, who wouldn't remember a 5-year-old with a combover? $4,000 suit. those are things you don't forget. the future president also took time to weigh in on one of the most difficult problems our country faces right now. which is charlie sheen. >> well, i know charlie. he married brooke, who is a member of marilago. brooke is from palm beach. and i told

he tells ashleigh banfield his war chest is full. >> reporter: you'd put up $600 million for this?oing well. >> reporter: do you have $600 million to spare? >> much more than that. that's one of the nice things. i mean, part of the beauty of me is that i'm very rich. so, if i need $600 million, i could put up $600 million myself. that's a huge advantage. >> not short on bravado, is he? you'll hear more from donald trump, including where he stands on sensitive issues later this morning in a "good morning america" exclusive. >> do you of that? they're doing the interview on his private jet. >> well, yeah. he's got quite the war chest, he says. the donald is rich. >> we could save fuel on air force one if he uses trump one or whatever. >> he could take his own plane. >>> how are the skies up there? let's take a look at your weather, at least. you'll run into thursday showers in the western part from northern california all the way up to seattle. up to a foot of snow in the cascades and rockies. showers in chicago, detroit, milwaukee and northern michigan. but warming up on the east co

. >> thanks, ashleigh. >>> need good news.go to sam in philadelphia, at the international flower show. thank you, sam. >> robin, i can't wait to show you this. we're at the setup. this show doesn't start until sunday the 6th. we're inside. there's millions of live flowers here. it started in 1829. plants, flowers, trees. they build all of this landscaping themselves through here. it's incredible. and the exhibits, the lights, topiaries. in is a butterfly that has all plant material made around the wiring. we're going to show you this incredible stuff. let's get to the boards and talk about the storm system in the northwest. 91-mile-per-hour wind gusts on the west coast of oregon. that's the strongest winds they've seen in three years. and as that storm goes away, the conditions get a little bit better there. 47 in portland today. 45 in seattle. we're with you. that was a tough day yesterday. and it's milder air that moves into the northeast. today, it is a brutal chill. 20 degrees colder than it has been. the temperatures ab >